Motivational Quotes For Small Business Owners

Posted by Karen Erdelac on Sep 9, 2016

Motivational Quotes For Small Business OwnersAs a small business owner, there are bound to be tough times when you need a little extra motivation.  It’s important to realize that many successful people have their roots in failure.  Those that decide not to give up and keep pushing forward are the ones that achieve greatness.  Many people in history have offered tidbits on how to stay positive and get what you want out of life.  Here we’ve compiled some quotes from business leaders past and present to give you that extra boost you may need.

“The only person you are destined to become is the person you decide to be.” -- Ralph Waldo Emerson

“Build your own dreams, or someone else will hire you to build theirs.” -- Farrah Gray

“I attribute my success to this: I never gave or took any excuse.” - Florence Nightingale

“You may be disappointed if you fail, but you are doomed if you don’t try.” - Beverly Sills

“Success is the sum of small efforts, repeated day-in and day-out.” - Robert Collier

“If you can dream it, you can do it.” – Walt Disney

“A man who wakes up and finds himself a success hasn’t been asleep.” – Dave Thomas

“Behind every adversity is an opportunity. If you lament over the adversity, you will miss the opportunity.” – Ajaero Tony Martins

Motivational Quotes For Small Business Owners“Like success, failure is many things to many people. With positive mental attitude, failure is a learning experience, a rung on the ladder, and a plateau at which to get your thoughts in order to prepare to try again.” – W. Clement Stone

“If you hear a voice within you saying ‘you are not a painter’ then by all means paint and that voice will be silenced.” – Vincent Van Gogh

“Embrace bad news to learn where you need the most improvement.” – Bill Gates

“Follow your instincts, that’s where true wisdom manifest itself.” – Oprah Winfrey

“Aim for the moon. If you miss it, you may hit a star.” – W. Clement Stone

“Now this is not the end. It is not the beginning of the end. But it is perhaps the end of the beginning.” – Winston Churchill

“Whether you think you can, or think you can’t — you’re right.” – Henry Ford

“The only thing worse than starting something and failing… is not starting something.” – Seth Godin

Risk more than others think is safe. Dream more than others think is practical.” -Howard Schultz

“Everything started as nothing.” – Ben Weissenstein

“The price of success is hard work, dedication to the job at hand, and the determination that whether we win or lose, we have applied the best of ourselves to the task at hand.” – Vince Lombardi

“The critical ingredient is getting off your butt and doing something. It’s as simple as that. A lot of people have ideas, but there are few who decide to do something about them now. Not tomorrow. Not next week. But today. The true entrepreneur is a doer not a dreamer.” -Nolan Bushnell

“I have not failed. I’ve just found 10,000 ways that won’t work.”   – Thomas Edison

“Don’t worry about failure; you only have to be right once.”   – Drew Houston

“Courage is resistance to fear, mastery of fear -- not absence of fear.” -- Mark Twain

”Failure is simply the opportunity to begin again, this time more intelligently… A business absolutely devoted to service will have only one worry about profits. They will be embarrassingly large.” -Henry Ford

As you can tell, many of these quotes are meant to inspire you to persevere and take chances.  As a small business owner taking risks is an essential part of life.  Sometimes those risks involve changes to your business plan or making major improvements.  If you’re ready to take a calculated risk to improve the future of your business, consider a merchant cash advance from Quikstone Capital Solutions.  With an expertise in working with small business owners, Quikstone Capital Solutions has the experience to help you make the most of the inevitable chances you will need to take to grow your business.Apply Now

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